The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-11
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORTS.
General Indications Good and All
Crops in Fair Condition.

General indications Good and All
Crops in Fair Condition.
WASHINGTON, June 10-The June re-
turns of the Department ri Agriculture, in
dicate reduction of nearly 2 per cent. in
the area of winter wheat. The changes in
the acreage of the States are very slight,
except in Kansas, where reduction of %
per cent. is reported, caused by the bad har-
vests and low prices
The spring wheat area has been enlarged
per cent. from the increase of commerce
and farm making west of the Mississippi, in
the districts traversed by the Northern Pa
cifc railroad. Most of the increase is in
Dakota, which reports an increase of "A per
cent.
LARGER WHEAT AREA.
The total area of wheat is about $1,000,
900 acres, fraction of ] per cent. more
than that of the previous crop. In the con-
dition of winter wheat there is no marked
change, the average being $40, a reduction
of nine-tenths of l per cent In 1886 the
June average was 1921. The reports of
short straw are very numerous. In some
districts there are indications that the yield
of grain will be larger proportionally than
of straw
If there is no increase from this cause,
the yield must be less than the average.
The harvest is already in progress up to the
So degree of north latitude
SPRING WHEAT REPORTS.
The condition of spring wheat is good in
the localities westward, but below the aver
age records in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa
and Nebraska The general average for
spring wheat is S73, which is lower than in
any recent years, and but thirteen points
higher than in 1881 At harvesting last
4ha condition, rhn Il
weather in April has been injurious to the
winter wheat, and the insects have com
mitted greater depredations than usual
The central belt westward from Pennsyl-
yania and Virginia has suffered lots of dam
age from the Hessian flies and the chinch
bug, but we note no injury in Illinois, Mis-
souri, and Kansas.
The area of winter rye has been diminished
over per cent, mainly by the large reduc-
ton in KANSAS The condition is better
than that of wheat, as the usual average is
$50. An apparent large increase of barley
acreage of per cent. is a good indication.
The increase is in Dakota, California,
Oregon and the Territories. The condition
averages 81, being slightly above that of
wheat.
There is continuance of the extension of
oats culture-an increase of 4 per cent. This
crop has taken a part of the area formerly
planted in wheat in Kansas, an advance of
on per t6ub. over Ju6 dtIcdSG
of last year. The increase is large iii the
Northwest, and there is tendency to en-
large the acreage in all sections of the coun-
try.
1t is a good beginning, but does not ensure a
good crop. The State averages are: Vir
ginia 80, North Carolina 80, South Carolina
9S, Georgia &c. Florida 90, Alabama 90 Mis-
sissippi 80, Louisiana 90, Texas 81, Arlzan-
sas IS, Tennessee 81, General average 96.1.
COTTON PROSPECTS.
In the acreage of cotton an increase of l
per cent. is reported. There appears to be
slight decline in the States of the Atlantic
coast and an increase west of the Mississippi
The State averages are Virginia 90, North
Carolina 99.5, South Carolina 9S, Georgia
9S.5, Florida 81, Alabama 100, Mississippi
1904, Louisiana 102, Texas 106, Arkansas
1925, Tennessee 100. The condition of the
cotton is higher than in any year since
$780, averaging 900, and has only been ex-
ceeded three times since 1870. The best yield
in that period was in 1882, when the June
condition was 50, a figure that has been dis
counted only six times since 1870.
There is generally an unusually good
''stand" or plant In Texas the seed
planted did not come up well. Late plant
ing is better There is not full plant in
some fields in Arkansas. Clean culture
is reported as the rule, and healthy color
and good growth.
FAVORABLE COTTON REPORT.
NEW ORLEANS, June 10-The following
is the National Cotton Exchange crop
report: ''The returns have been
quite full from all parts of the cotton
belt, and our revision of the acreage, based
on the county reports is complete. Favor
able weather during the winter in pretty
much the entire cotton belt enabled the
planters to make such Roadway in their
work that rarely has the land ever been so
generally well prepared for the crop as at
present. The plant is healthy, stands. and
with but few exceptions, are good,
and the general condition of the crop
is superior to that of last
year. Over good portion of Arkansas
however, and contiguous thereto, the com
plant is made of grassy fields, though no
actual damage has occurred. All through
the Atlantic States the use of fertilizers has
very materially decreased, while the
younger States have, to some extent, made
more use of them Labor is plenty and
working well, with exception of South
Carolina.
There has been an increased acreage,
slight in most of the States, but showing
well in Arkansas and Texas, making an
average increase for the belt of II per cent
and, giving in round numbers, an area of
1900 900 acres under cultivation in cotton,
distributed as follows:
States. Per Cent. Acreage
Virginia, ,o, a. 800